288 pages : 21 cm

In 'The murmuring of the artistic multitude' art sociologist Pascal Gielen defends the hypothesis that the globalized art scene is an ideal production entity for economic exploitation. How can the art world preserve its won dynamic and freedom? Gielen's quest leads to places of intimacy and "slowability" in the hectic global flow of artistic events and artistically-minded trends. This third edition has been thoroughly updated with Gielen's latest insights into the political dimensions of art, autonomy and the relationship between art, ethics, and democracy

Includes bibliographical references (pages 278-282) and index

Art, politics and sociology : Introduction to the third revised edition. 1 Global art and Post-Fordism : The murmuring of the artistic multitude -- "Deciding" art in global networks -- The biennale: a post-institution for immaterial labour -- The art scene: a production unit for economic exploitation? -- Nomadeology: the aestheticization of nomadic existence -- Autonomy via heteronomy -- Institutional imagination: re-grounding art in a flat wet world. 2 Repressive liberalism, democracy and the politics of art : The art of democracy -- Artistic freedom and globalization -- Art politics in a globalizing world -- Repressive liberalism -- Mapping the community arts -- Situational ethics: an artistic ecology. Acknowledgments. The Arts in Society series. Index. Colophon

A completely revised and enlarged edition of Antennae no.3 (Valiz, 2009, 2nd ed., 2010)

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